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Shri. R Shyam Sunder assumed charge General Manager of Engine Factory, Avadi
Consequent upon the transfer of present incumbent Shri Anil Kumar, General Manager to Field Gun Factory, Kanpur, Shri R. Shyam Sunder has assumed charge as General Manager of Engine Factory Avadi, Ministry of Defence, Chennai today .
Shri Shyam Sunder, an alumnus of Bangalore University, has also completed his Post Graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Roorkee University and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from MDI, Gurgaon. He belongs to 1988 batch of Indian Ordnance Factories Service and in his distinguished career, he has held many key positions in various Ordnance Factories of Armoured Division for 30 years where the Officer has headed Combat Vehicle Production Group, Quality Assurance Group and Maintenance of Plant and Machinery including state-of-the-art CNC machines. The Officer has also looked after Planning and Co-ordination of Issue of Armoured Vehicles and their spares to Indian Army. He has organised successful conduct of User Interaction Meet on behalf of HVF for Tanks at Field locations. He was also conferred with “Ayudh Bhushan Award” for his outstanding contribution to Defence Production.
Prime Minister's Office
India has taken significant strides in combating climate change, achieving sustainable development goals and preserving country’s rich biodiversity: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared articles, graphics, videos and information about the significant strides in combating climate change, achieving sustainable development goals and preserving the country’s rich biodiversity.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"In line with our traditions and ethos, we have focused on #9YearsOfSustainableGrowth. We have taken significant strides in combating climate change, achieving sustainable development goals and preserving India's rich biodiversity.”
President's Secretariat
President of India Interacts with the inmates of Krishna Kutir at Vrindavan
Social Evils, Religious Beliefs and Discrimination related to Inheritance Rights of Widow Women have to be removed: President Kovind
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind visited Krishna Kutir at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh today  and interacted with the inmates.
Addressing the gathering, the President said that in our culture, women have been called Goddess. It has even been said ‘where women are respected, there the Gods reside’. But over a long period of time, many social evils have arisen in our society. Like child marriage, sati and dowry, widow life is also a social evil. This social evil is a blot on the culture of our country. The sooner this stigma is removed, the better.
The President said that it has been seen that after the death of a woman's husband, the attitude of not only that family but of society changes towards that woman. We have to come forward and awaken the society to stop the neglect faced by widows. From time to time many saints and social reformers have made efforts to improve the difficult life of such despised mothers and sisters. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Swami Dayanand Saraswati got some success in their efforts but still, much remains to be done in this area.
The President said that the establishment of shelters like 'Krishna Kutir' is a commendable initiative. But, in his view, there should be no need for the construction of such shelter homes in the society. Instead of this, efforts like remarriage, economic independence, share in family property and protection of social and moral rights of destitute women should be encouraged. And, through these measures, self-reliance and self-respect should be promoted in our mothers and sisters.
The President said that such a large and important section of the society cannot be ignored. Together, we all have to raise social awareness towards these despised and neglected women. Social evils, religious beliefs and discrimination related to inheritance rights have to be removed. The problems of discrimination in the distribution of property and the denial of women's rights over children will have to be addressed. Only then, these women will be able to live a life of self-respect and self-confidence. He appealed to the responsible citizens of the society to make efforts for including these women in the mainstream of the society.
Please click here to see the President's Speech in Hindi
PIB Headquarters
Register Aadhar Number for continued receipt of Pensionary Benefits
As members and pensioners of Employees’ Pension Scheme , run by the EPFO, receive subsidy from the Government of India, the Government through notification dated 4th January, 2017 has made the Aadhar Number mandatory for continued receipt of Pensionary Benefits for the members and pensioners of the EPS. In order to continue the benefit of Government’s subsidy under the scheme, the members and pensioners are required to undergo Aadhar enrollment process and submit their Aadhar details to EPFO and also submit their Digital Life Certificate .
Pensioners who are yet to submit their Digital Life Certificate or those who have submitted their Life Certificates in prescribed form in paper to the Bank are also required to enroll themselves for Aadhar immediately and submit their Digital Life Certificates to any EPFO
office or the nearest Common Service Centre  with copy of Aadhar Card, Bank Pass Book, PPO number and mobile phone for enrollment.
Pensioners who have not yet submitted Digital Life Certificate  are advised to submit their Digital Life Certificate immediately or otherwise the pension will not be credited in their bank account with effect from 1st June 2017.
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PM congratulates Indian space scientists on successful launch of PSLV C52 mission
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian space scientists on the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Congratulations to our space scientists on the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission. EOS-04 satellite will provide high resolution images under all weather conditions for agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology as well as flood mapping."
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission and UNICEF announce Young Champions Awards on occasion of Children’s Day
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission  and UNICEF India, have come together this Children’s Day, to provide an open platform to young children of India, to contribute towards sustainable development.
Celebrating innovation on the occasion of the National Children’s Day, the UNICEF – Atal Tinkering Labs Young Champions Awards were announced today by Dr Rajiv Kumar,Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog and Mr. Yuri Afanasiev, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in India. Mr Ramanathan Ramanan, Mission Director of AIM and Ms Laura SiegristFouché, Chief of Operations at UNICEF were also present.
The awards were presented to the top six most innovative solutions from across the country, which were shortlisted through the Atal Tinkering Marathon.
On October 2 last year, AIM’s Atal Tinkering Labs  had launched a six month long nationwide challenge called the Atal Tinkering Marathon, across six different thematic areas, namely, clean energy, water resources, waste management, healthcare, smart mobility and agri-technology.
The objective was to encourage students to observe community problems and develop innovative solutions. From over 650 innovations received, Top 30 innovations were identified from 20 different States and Union territories from across India.
These Top 30 teams were awarded with several prizes including a three month-long ATL Student Innovator Program in partnership with industry and start-up incubators, where students were trained on business and entrepreneurship skills. The partners included start-up incubators: C-CAMP, Aartech, Amrita TBI, TREC-STEP and industry representatives: Learning Links Foundation, Intel India and Stratasys India.
These Top 30 innovations are symbolic of a larger movement which is taking root in every school, in every district across India.
As part of a long-term partnership, during the Children’s Day Week, from today to the World Children’s Day on 20 November, AIM and UNICEF seek to drive extensive forward and backward linkages within the stakeholders in India, to create a paradigm shift in the student mindset and prepare them to become young innovators and entrepreneurs.
AIM and UNICEF have also launched a 72 hour Tinkering Hackathon from 14 to 17 November so that children can come up with innovative solutions for challenges faced by them in school, especially pertaining to quality of education and safety in schools.The winners of the Hackathon will be announced on 20 November, World Children’s Day.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
32 projects sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana 
Projects to leverage an investment worth 406 crore rupees
Meetings of the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee  were held under the Chairpersonship of Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal at New Delhi. Total of 32 projects were sanctioned in these meetings under the ‘Unit’ scheme of PMKSY of Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The projects are spread across almost 17 States, leveraging an investment worth 406 Crore rupees.
These projects envisage the creation of direct and indirect employment for approximately fifteen thousand persons along with employment opportunities in rural areas to be the focus area. The introduction of modern processing techniques for food results in improved shelf-life of the agricultural produce and ensure steady revenue to farmers. Food processing has an important role to play in linking Indian farmers to consumers in the domestic and international markets. The Food processing industry can work as link between Farmers, Government and unemployed youth for better contribution towards economy. The Government of India through the Ministry of Food Processing Industries  is making all efforts to encourage investments in the business. It has approved proposals for joint ventures , foreign collaborations, industrial licenses, and 100 per cent export oriented units.
The main objective of this Scheme is creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernisation/ expansion of existing food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing, value addition leading to reduction of wastage. The processing activities undertaken by the individual units covers a wide range of post-harvest processes resulting in value addition and/or enhancing shelf life with specialized facilities required for preservation of perishables.
The food sector has emerged as a high-growth and high-profit sector due to its immense potential for value addition, particularly within the food processing industry as it is said to have Compound Annual Growth Rate of approximately 8 percent over the last five years. The projects approved are running across quadrilaterals of the country covering over 100 agro-climatic zones. The Processed food market is expected to grow to $ 543 bn by 2020 from $ 322 bn in 2016, at a CAGR of 14.6%.
MoFPI is implementing PMKSY and the period of implementation is 2016-20 with a total outlay of Rs 6,000 crore. The PMKSY has seven component schemes viz; Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, and Human Resources and Institutions.
Meetings of the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee  to sanction above projects were held on 21.02.2020 and 26.02.2020.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Cabinet approves grant of Interest Free Loan equivalent to interest during construction component to fertilizer revival projects at Sindri, Gorakhpur and Barauni by Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Department of Fertilizers to grant Interest Free Loan  equivalent to the interest during construction  component of Rs.422.28 crore, 415.77 crore and 419.77 crore for Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni projects respectively to Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited  fertilizer projects.
The total value of the IFL will be Rs.1257.82 crore. The IFL shall cover only the interest accrued during the scheduled period of construction and any escalation due to time or cost overrun will be borne by the JV Company.
The IFL shall be disbursed in first three years during construction. The repayment shall be spread over a period of 11 years with a moratorium period of three years of disbursement period during construction and the repayment phased over the next eight years.
Background:
Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited, a Joint Venture company of National Thermal Power Corporation, Indian Oil Company Limited, Coal India Limited and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited / Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited was incorporated in June 2016 to implement the fertilizer revival projects at Gorakhpur, Sindri and Barauni. Interest free loan would result in savings in the Project Cost expenditure and improvement in the project IRR and viability ratios, particularly the minimum debt service coverage ratio.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Corruption In Judiciary
Accountability in higher judiciary is maintained through “in-house mechanism”. The Supreme Court of India, in its full Court meeting on 7thMay, 1997, adopted two Resolutions namely  ‘The Restatement of Values of Judicial Life” which lays down certain judicial standards and principles to be observed and followed by the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts  “in-house procedure’ for taking suitable remedial action against judges who do not follow universally accepted values of Judicial life including those included in the Restatement of Values of Judicial life.
As per the established “In-house procedure’ for the Higher Judiciary, the Chief Justice of India is competent to receive complaints against the conduct of Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justices of the High Courts. Similarly, the Chief Justices of the High Courts are competent to receive complaints against the conduct of High Court Judges. The complaints/representations received are forwarded to the Chief Justice of India or to the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court, as the case may be, for appropriate action.
During last 05 years , 1631 complaintswere received in the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System  on the functioning of the judiciary including judicial corruption and forwarded to the CJI/Chief Justice of High Courts, respectively, as per the procedure established under “in-house mechanism”.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to address 51st Annual Convocation Ceremony of IIT Delhi on 7th November
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest at the 51st Annual Convocation Ceremony of IIT Delhi and will address the Convocation on 7th November 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. Union Minister and MoS for Education will also be present on the occasion.
The Convocation will be conducted in a hybrid mode with a physical in-person ceremony with limited attendance in the Institute’s Dogra Hall, and an online webcast reaching out to all graduating students, their parents, distinguished alumni and invited guests. At the Convocation, degrees will be conferred on more than 2000 graduating students including Ph.D, M.Tech, Masters of Design, MBA and B.Tech students. The Institute will also award the President's Gold Medal, Director’s Gold Medal, Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, Perfect Ten Gold Medals and Institute Silver Medals to the graduating students.
Special Service and Features
Government of India recognizes Pondicherry University as the ‘District Green Champion’
Pondicherry University under the leadership of Professor Gurmeet Singh, Vice-Chancellor, implemented several sustainable development and climate-change related initiatives over the past 4 years under the umbrella ‘green campus’. These programs complemented the Swachhta Action Plan, Flagship Programs, multiple sustainable development goals, and mandatory requirements of the University Grants Commission, and Ministries like Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. In recognition of these pioneering efforts in the region, Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India has recognized the University with the award of ‘District Green Champion’ for the year 2021-22, for successfully implementing the Swachhta Action Plan, through best green practices and sustainability index activities that are in line with sustainable waste management, water management, energy management, sanitation, hygiene, and greenery management. The nodal agency for this movement is the Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, in the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The prestigious award was jointly received by the University representatives Shri. K. Mahesh, Assistant Registrar , and Dr. M. Nandhivarman, Coordinator, Green Campus from Shri. E. Vallavan, I.A.S, Special Secretary  -cum- District Collector -cum- District Magistrate and the same has been handed over to the Vice-Chancellor, Pondicherry University, in his Office.
One of the major reasons for Pondicherry University to pioneer in these noble initiatives and receive this award has been the effective and efficient cooperation among various wings and departments such as the Civil Engineering Wing, Electrical Wing, Hostels, Planning and Development, NCC, NSS, Departments like Social Work, Electronic Media , Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Office of Green Campus, Research Scholars and Students and various Service Providers and Stakeholders.
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Prime Minister's Office
Telephonic conversation between PM and HE Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister spoke today to His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, to congratulate him on having completed 50 years since his first entering the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Prime Minister recalled H.E. Rajapaska’s contributions to the development of Sri Lanka in his long political career, and wished him all the best for his future.
Prime Minister also conveyed his condolences at the sudden and untimely demise yesterday of Mr. Arumugan Thondaman, a prominent leader of the Indian-Origin Tamils in Sri Lanka. Prime Minister recalled the role that Mr. Thondaman had played in taking forward the development partnership between India and Sri Lanka.
The leaders discussed the health and economic impact of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the measures being taken in the two countries to counter them. Prime Minister assured H.E. Rajapaksa that India stands ready to extend all possible support to Sri Lanka during this challenging time.
Department of Space
Dr Jitendra Singh advocates the adoption of Hindi in Government Departments keeping in mind the projects and programmes do not suffer and lag behind
A lot of initiatives taken by the Modi Government to promote Hindi in official communications in the last nine years: Dr Jitendra Singh
Dr Jitendra Singh chairs the 2nd Meeting of the reconstituted Joint Hindi Consultative Committee of the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today advocated the adoption of Hindi in Government Departments keeping in mind the projects and programmes do not suffer and lag behind. Chairing the 2nd Meeting of the reconstituted Joint Hindi Consultative Committee of the Department of Space  and Department of Atomic Energy  in New Delhi today, he said a lot of initiatives have been taken by the Modi Government to promote the use of Hindi in official communications in the last nine years.
“In the recent past, Hindi dictionaries have been published on technology related subjects and even medical terminology, but the legacy of 200 years under the British rule that imposed English in the Commonwealth cannot be undone in such a short time, especially since almost no sincere efforts were made in the six decades since Independence to promote the Indian lexicon,” he said.
Stressing on flexibility and adaptation of a language for wider acceptance, Dr Jitendra Singh cautioned against rigidity and literal translation, such as a dead end encountered when dealing with words like “steel plant” and “outreach”.
“Each language has its own words depending on the region it is prevalent in, so we need to adapt those words rather than being rigid on finding a language equivalent term for such words,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh directed the Department officials to be in regular touch with the members of the Hindi Consultative Committee for further promotion of Hindi in official use.
Members of the Committee gave their valuable suggestions on use of Hindi, such as commissioning dictionaries on new seed varieties and Cancer therapy accompanied by appropriate pictures of the DAE, bilingual Code Manuals, and Space Science dictionary, besides updated website of the Departments in Hindi. They also called for the promotion of Hindi in institutions of higher learning, such as IITs and technological institutes.
Members lauded the DoS for its distinction, by winning the Rajbhasha Puraskar six times, while the DAE bagged the 2nd Prize for 2021-22.
Ministry of Defence
Nine Iranians held with 100 Kg Narcotics off Gujarat Coast
In a joint operation launched by Marine Task Force , Indian Coast Guard  and Anti-Terrorist Squad of Gujarat apprehended nine Iranian personnel along with 100 kilograms of narcotics off the coast of Gujarat on 26 March 2019.
On 24 March 2019, inputs were received from ATS, Gujarat, regarding an illegal consignment of narcotic drug, heroin, likely to be smuggled in Gujarat through a Dhow ex-Iran. It also revealed that the consignment was loaded in Pakistan and destined for Gujarat. A team of ATS embarked Indian Coast Guard Ship for the mission while communication frequencies were constantly monitored by the ATS personnel.
After extensive search of more than 24 hours, the suspicious Dhow was intercepted on 26 March 2019 by ICG ship off Gujarat coast. On being challenged the suspicious Dhow resorted to evasive tactics to avoid apprehension. On realising that apprehension by ICG was inevitable, the crew set the Dhow on fire to destroy the evidence. In a daring Joint Boarding Operation, the ICG and ATS team embarked the Dhow and apprehended nine Iranian crew alongwith recovery of 100 Kg of Heroine.
The ICG ship thereafter, attempted to extinguish the fire on-board the Dhow however, due to presence of large quantity of fuel and few gas cylinders, the fire became uncontrollable and consequently the Dhow sank. The apprehended crew alongwith the consignment has been brought to Porbandar by Indian Coast Guard Ship and handed over to Marine Task Force , Gujarat AM 27 March 2019 for further action.
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PM congratulates Indian women cricket team for winning the Women’s Asia Cup
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian women cricket team for winning the 7th Women’s Asia Cup.
In response to a tweet by the International Cricket Council, the Prime Minister said;
"Our women cricket team makes us proud with their grit and dexterity! Congratulations to the team for winning the Women’s Asia Cup. They have shown outstanding skill and teamwork. Best wishes to the players for their upcoming endeavours."